Martis Valley
Statistics
- Basin Name
- Martis Valley
- Basin Number
- 6-067
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Very Low
- Critically Overdrafted
- No
- Hydrologic Region Name
- North Lahontan
- Counties
- Nevada, Placer
- Adjacent Basins
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At-A-Glance
Located in California’s North Lahontan hydrologic region, the Martis Valley is 35600 acres in size. This Very Low priority basin is home to an estimated 14743 people (2010 value). It has approximately 287 wells, of which approximately 14 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 100 percent of the basin’s water supply.
Basin Notes
2003: Bulletin 118 basin description
2014: CASGEM prioritization – medium. Comments: Strong SW‐GW interaction with Martis Creek, as per 2013 Martis Valley Groundwater Management Plan
2015: April – Integrated Surface and Groundwater Modeling of Martis Valley, California, for Assessment of Potential Climate Change Impacts on Basin-Scale Water Resources — Desert Research Institute for the US Bureau of Reclamation
2016: December 22 – Martis Valley Groundwater Basin Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Alternative Submittal, Truckee Donner Public Utility District et al
2018: Draft basin priority – Medium References: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) Truckee Basin Study
Martis Valley Surface Water / Groundwater Interaction Study – InterFlow Hydrology, Inc.
2018 Final Basin Prioritization: Basin priority revised from Medium to Very Low.